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YouTube is testing a mystery button that starts playing random videos(www.androidpolice.com)

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  • YouTube is testing a new video button on its app, allowing users to easily access random Shorts content based on their suggestions.
  • Additional features of this play button are currently unknown, but it is likely to pull content based on watch history, subscribed creators, and video likes.
  • The feature is being tested with a limited number of people and does not appear to be part of an official YouTube experiment.
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hightrix@lemmy.world
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As someone with my watch history off, it’ll be interesting if this button even shows.

I have no subscriptions, no history, and no tracking of any kind enabled. If this shows a recommendation related to my watch history, that’d shine a light on what those privacy controls really do.

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Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOP
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If you see it you’ll have to report back!

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Octopus@thelemmy.club
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Is there any to get notified about comments like this without commenting?

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Salamendacious@lemmy.worldOP
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Not to my knowledge. Reddit had bots for that but lemmy is still getting its sea legs. I might get a notification because I posted the article but I might not too.

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DSTGU@lemm.ee
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It will probably be something from trending that has great ad value

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